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  • Fact Check: NO Trump Post Threatening NATO Allies About Greenland Over Lack Of Hormuz Support -- Fake Truth Social Screenshot

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    Did President Donald Trump post on Truth Social that if NATO allies continued to refuse to help open the "straight" of Hormuz he would "reaffirm" his commitment to securing Greenland? No, that's not true: No such post appeared on Trump's Truth Social account, despite a viral image that appeared to show one. Google didn't index a post from Trump with…

    • Mar 21, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: NO Trump Post Threatening NATO Allies About Greenland Over Lack Of Hormuz Support -- Fake Truth Social Screenshot Didn't Post
  • Fact Check: Keir Starmer Did NOT Threaten To Close U.S. Bases At Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Or Elsewhere, Or Demand Rent If Trump Withdraws From NATO

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    Did U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer threaten to close U.S. bases at Lakenheath, Mildenhall and elsewhere, and demand rent if President Donald Trump withdraws from NATO? No, that's not true: Contrary to a viral screenshot claiming Starmer posted such a threat on X, there is no evidence he actually did that. Neither news reports nor Starmer's X account support the…

    • Mar 19, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Keir Starmer Did NOT Threaten To Close U.S. Bases At Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Or Elsewhere, Or Demand Rent If Trump Withdraws From NATO Didn't Say It
  • Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post About 'Hormuz Peace Board' On Truth Social -- It's A Fake Post

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    Did President Donald Trump post a message about a "Hormuz Peace Board" on his Truth Social account on March 16, 2026? No, that's not true: No post including the phrase "Hormuz Peace Board" could be found on Trump's Truth Social account. There is no evidence online that the president ever shared a post accusing Presidents Obama and Biden of starting…

    • Mar 16, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post About 'Hormuz Peace Board' On Truth Social -- It's A Fake Post Unreal Post
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show a Real Child Crying Out For Daddy Beside A Flag-Draped Casket On The Tarmac -- Scene Made With AI

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    Does a real video show a young boy crying out for his daddy when he saw the flag-draped casket on the tarmac? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. It originated from a Facebook page which has posted reels of exclusively AI-generated videos showing highly emotional scenes. The videos published by the page are posted in groups of three,…

    • Mar 6, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show a Real Child Crying Out For Daddy Beside A Flag-Draped Casket On The Tarmac -- Scene Made With AI AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Real Israeli Pilot Named 'Halach Boome' Who Took Out Ayatollah Khamenei

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    Does a photo show "Halach Boome," a real pilot from the Israeli Air Force who took out Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the image as 100% likely to be AI-generated, and it contains a watermark from an AI image generator. The creator of the image later posted he "memed" the…

    • Mar 5, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Real Israeli Pilot Named 'Halach Boome' Who Took Out Ayatollah Khamenei Play On Words
  • Fact Check: Video Posted By White House Of USA Men's Hockey Player Brady Tkachuk Calling Canada 'Maple Syrup Eating F***s' Is NOT Real -- AI-Generated

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    Did the White House post on TikTok a real video showing USA men's hockey player Brady Tkachuk insulting Canada, calling them "maple syrup eating f***s"? No, that's not true: The clip of Tkachuk bad-mouthing Canada after the USA men's team won the gold medal in the Olympics is AI-generated audio. Tkachuk plays for the Ottawa Senators NHL team and said…

    • Feb 27, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Posted By White House Of USA Men's Hockey Player Brady Tkachuk Calling Canada 'Maple Syrup Eating F***s' Is NOT Real -- AI-Generated Player Denies
  • Fact Check: Rubio, Kennedy, Jordan, Denzel, Others Did NOT Invoke 'Born In America' Bill Blocking Naturalized Americans From Office

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    Is there a federal "Born In America" act that would prevent naturalized citizens from elected office being promoted by numerous luminaries including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Sen. John Kennedy, Rep. Jim Jordan, FBI Director Kash Patel, and movie star Denzel Washington? No, that's not true: Nearly identical versions of a dramatic story about the purported bill, changed only to…

    • Feb 25, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Rubio, Kennedy, Jordan, Denzel, Others Did NOT Invoke 'Born In America' Bill Blocking Naturalized Americans From Office No Such Law
  • Fact Check: Patel, Kennedy, Buttigieg, Vince Gill, Others Are Not Demanding Obama Return Millions From 'Ownership' of Obamacare

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    Did Kash Patel, Sen. John Kennedy, Pete Buttigieg, Vince Gill and others demand that former President Barack Obama return millions he earned through ownership related to "Obamacare"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories that swap-in those and other names are part of an international network of websites and Facebook pages that publish fake news stories about famous people to…

    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Patel, Kennedy, Buttigieg, Vince Gill, Others Are Not Demanding Obama Return Millions From 'Ownership' of Obamacare Factory Fakery
  • Fact Check: Video Of Erika Kirk Dancing In Front Of 'Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway' Sign In Arizona Is NOT Real

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    Does a viral clip show the real Erika Kirk dancing next to a highway sign renaming a road after her late husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: The video is a product of generative AI. It featured shape-shifting hands, pants that blended in and separated from a boot within seconds and a fictitious name for the agency…

    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Of Erika Kirk Dancing In Front Of 'Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway' Sign In Arizona Is NOT Real AI Video
  • Fact Check: Trump NOT Mentioned In Original Claim Epstein Received 4,725 Wire Transfers For $1.1 Billion Via Russian Banks -- Other Parts Of Claim Mangled Too

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    Was President Donald Trump originally mentioned in the claim that 4,725 wire transfers totaling $1.1 billion were made to Jeffrey Epstein using Russian banks? No, that's not true: This appears to be based on a mangled version of a statement Sen. Ron Wyden made about various transfers flowing in and out of Epstein's account. The Congressional Record shows that when…

    • Feb 15, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Trump NOT Mentioned In Original Claim Epstein Received 4,725 Wire Transfers For $1.1 Billion Via Russian Banks -- Other Parts Of Claim Mangled Too Not Mentioned
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